St. Louis is dealing with an ice storm this morning... but not very well.
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Not having chains on is pure negligence or worse.
They don't have tire chains for anything in St. Louis, Missouri. There will be a couple of insurance payouts, other than that... it's all good.
Attention MO. ice storms happen with increasing frequency due to?? Chains would be a more proactive use of the tax payers $ The Gov getting on the news and telling people to stay home is a help too.
Meh. It's only for a few hours, and then it is going to warm up today.
And, it's not just Missouri.
And, it's not just Missouri.
Chains tear up the road.. and produce climate change.. better to just total your vehicles. /sarcasm
but really I doubt 1 in 1000 carry chains in ohio let alone Missouri
I'm surprised there's that much elevation change.
I thought MO was completely flat
I thought MO was completely flat
Kansas & Ok have some flatter land. It's hilly & curvy roads around here. That decline in that video is nothing but doesn't take much for something of this weight with a thin layer of ice to go tumbling.
South and west of the St. Louis area, it is quite hilly, almost mountainous. There is the St. Francois mountain range in Iron County, MO.
https://mostateparks.com/park/taum-sauk-mountain-state-park
MO does have the Ozark "Mountain" range going through it.
Yes, the folks in the East and especially in the West will laugh at them being called mountains.
Just like those of us who live near the Mississippi laugh at what some call rivers
I think this was north of the city, up toward St. Charles.
I was nice and drove my SIL to work this morning since she was super nervous about driving in it(she's a nurse, so no choice). Last Tuesday I ended up taking my wife(also a nurse) and SIL both.
In any case, at 6:00AM the slickest street I encountered was my own street(and it was that way when I got home around 7:45). I55/I64 in Illinois was wet but totally clear. There was some slush on the bridge, but past there it was good until we got out of St. Louis city and into St. Louis county. Roads were slushy but still very much passable as long as you watched your speed and kept your distance. Granted there also wasn't much traffic.
On the way back home, again smooth sailing as long as I was paying attention to speed quite literally until I turned onto my own street, which was still a sheet of ice. I just took it slow, slid around a bit, and got in the driveway(which I'd salted last night) fine.
WIth that said, the above was on a residential street, which from what I've seen/heard are still pretty bad as I type this, even at 34º and rain. The issue with using chains(if anyone even has them here-I don't!) is that you could use them for a mile to get out of your neighborhood and then are just beating up the pavement the rest of the trip. I don't think they'd take too kindly to that.
I was nice and drove my SIL to work this morning since she was super nervous about driving in it(she's a nurse, so no choice). Last Tuesday I ended up taking my wife(also a nurse) and SIL both.
In any case, at 6:00AM the slickest street I encountered was my own street(and it was that way when I got home around 7:45). I55/I64 in Illinois was wet but totally clear. There was some slush on the bridge, but past there it was good until we got out of St. Louis city and into St. Louis county. Roads were slushy but still very much passable as long as you watched your speed and kept your distance. Granted there also wasn't much traffic.
On the way back home, again smooth sailing as long as I was paying attention to speed quite literally until I turned onto my own street, which was still a sheet of ice. I just took it slow, slid around a bit, and got in the driveway(which I'd salted last night) fine.
WIth that said, the above was on a residential street, which from what I've seen/heard are still pretty bad as I type this, even at 34º and rain. The issue with using chains(if anyone even has them here-I don't!) is that you could use them for a mile to get out of your neighborhood and then are just beating up the pavement the rest of the trip. I don't think they'd take too kindly to that.
Similar conditions in KC. I rode the bike with studs so I was ok till I had to take a sidewalk, that was a pucker moment. Went around several people trying to climb hills. The ice this morning was the worst I've seen in a long time.
Posting said it was in Imperial, which is south of Arnold... going down towards Festus.
wow full send right there.
I think geologically they are considered mountains based on how they were formed and how high they would have been 1.5 billion years ago when they were formed.MO does have the Ozark "Mountain" range going through it.
Yes, the folks in the East and especially in the West will laugh at them being called mountains.
Just like those of us who live near the Mississippi laugh at what some call rivers
They are in fact legal in PA.
I grew up when they still used snow fence and had ash boxes here and there along roadways
